Trial of John Jasper, lay precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County of Kent, for the murder of Edwin Drood, engineer

by England) Dickens Fellowship (London

Witness: No, sir.

Mr. Walters: You are connected with the law?

Witness: No, sir.

Mr. Walters: Not connected with a lawyer?

Witness: No, sir.

Mr. Walters: Know nothing about the law?

Witness: I wouldn’t say that. I thought all Englishmen were supposed to understand the Statutes under which they live. I am in the office of a barrister who is not acting as a barrister, but as Receiver and Manager of two large estates.

Mr. Walters: And therefore no lawyer.

Witness: It is not for me to say that.

Mr. Walters: Do you think you can give a straightforward answer to any plain question?